Photos: Justin Trudeau - the man, the politician

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau gets a kiss from a supporter as he helps out at Guru Nanak's Free Kitchen truck in the Downtown Eastside on Wednesday

Jonat Han Hayward, The Canadian Press
/ Vancouver Sun, Postmedia News

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, left, celebrates a Canadian goal against Sweden in the gold medal hockey game at the Winter Olympics during the party's Montreal convention on Sunday.Graham Hughes, The Canadian Press
/ Postmedia News

Liberal MP Justin Trudeau on the front lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 19, 2012. Montreal's La Presse has learned that he will run for the leadership of the federal Liberal party.Sean Kilpatrick
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau asks a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, December 10, 2013.Sean Kilpatrick
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau poses with two yoga enthusiasts after holding a press conference on the front lawn of Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday June 5, 2013. A yoga class is held on Wednesdays throughout the summer on Parliament Hill.Sean Kilpatrick
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Justin Trudeau is the 'shiny pony' for Harper-hating partisans in Canada, according to columnist Michael den Tandt. Critics of the Conservative government risk alienating Main Street Canadians and providing a recipe for another Tory victory in 2015.Richard Lam, The Canadian Press Files
/ Postmedia News

Justin Trudeau with performers as they celebrate Chinese New Year in Richmond's Aberdeen Centre on Friday. The Liberal leader says specific details on how the party will interact with senators have yet to be worked out.Mark Van Manen, PNG
/ The Canadian Press

Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and his son Xavier Trudeau help raise the Gwaii Haanas legacy totem pole in Windy Bay, B.C., on Lyell Island in Haida Gwaii on Thursday August 15, 2013. The 13-metre totem is the first monumental pole to be raised in the area in 130 years. It was carved to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Gwaii Haanas Agreement, a document that allows the government of Canada and the Haida Nation to co-manage and protect the region. Haida Gwaii is made up of more than 150 islands about 90 kilometres west of British Columbia’s north coast.DARRYL DYCK
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is the first major party leader in Canada to support the legalization of marijuana.Gary Nylander, Kelowna Daily Courier, The Canadian Press
/ Postmedia News

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau holds a sleeping baby as her mother takes a photograph during a visit to the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver, B.C., on Sunday, June 2, 2013.DARRYL DYCK
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, left, who is Canada’s first openly-gay premier, walks with Liberal Party Leader Justin Trudeau, right, during the 33rd annual Pride Parade in Toronto on Sunday, June 30, 2013. The Canadian Press/Michelle SiuMichelle Siu
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Liberal Party of Canada leader Justin Trudeau, on a weeklong tour of B.C., stopped to meet party faithful at English Bay on Thursday. Trudeau says it's time to legalize marijuana.Jason Payne, PNG
/ Vancouver Sun

Justin Trudeau models a hoodie that was presented to him after he spoke to Secondary IV and V students at John F. Kennedy High School in Montreal Wednesday, April 25, 2007. The son of the late prime minister, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, he is campaigning for the federal Liberal nomination in Papineau riding of the city.John Kenney
/ THE GAZETTE

Liberal leader Stephane Dion listens to Justin Trudeau as he introduces Dion to the Liberal Supporters gathered at Vancouver's Science World on October 7, 2008.Ward Perrin
/ Vancouver Sun

Liberal MP Justin Trudeau looks on as the Liberal Caucus listens to leader Bob Rae speak with the media following voting on Bill C38 in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa,Thursday June 14, 2012. Members of Parliament completed a marathon voting session Thursday night on the Conservative government's budget bill, voting on hundreds of amendments in an exercise that lasted nearly 24 hours.Adrian Wyld
/ THE CANADIAN PRESS

Justin Trudeau gives an impassioned speech after a victory over well-known former Montreal city councillor Mary Deros and Italian newspaper editor Basilio Girdano, at the federal Liberal nomination for the riding of Papineau at College Andrª Grasset in Montreal Sunday April 29 2007.Tyrel Featherstone
/ THEGAZETTE

22 May 1996 - Justin Trudeau, eldest son of the former Prime minister is attending the Interaction conference as an observer.Ian Lindsay
/ Vancouver Sun

Justin Trudeau kisses Sophie Gregoire as his mother Margaret Trudeau and his brother Sasha Trudeau after their wedding in Montreal on May 28, 2005.Allen McInnis
/ The Gazette

Justin Trudeau, newest member of the Katimavic Board of Directors and Honorary Chairman of the National Celebrations at news conference on September 25, 2002 with Jacques Hebert,founding president of Katimavik.ROD MACIVOR
/ OTTAWA CITIZEN

Justin Trudeau , the son of the late Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau stands at the edge of his train car, acknowledging the crowd in the town of Alexandria as the train slowed down to let the 1000 or more people see the car that carried the remains of the late Prime Minister to Montreal for the funeral. There was a flag ,a wave and a rose in the photo as Justin holds a rose.JOHN MAJOR
/ OTTAWA CITIZEN

Justin Trudeau was one of five speakers who spoke on the importance of being prepared in the backcountry Friday on Blackcomb Mountain. Trudeau was on hand to promote avalanche safety at the Canadian Avalanche Association s Avalanche Awareness Days Friday and Saturday in Whistler on Jan. 12, 2001.Bonny Makarewicz
/ Special to The Vancouver Sun

Justin Trudeau straps on his board after watching a cornice control demo on Blackcomb Mountain early Friday morning. Trudeau was on hand to promote avalanche safety at the Canadian Avalanche Association s Avalanche Awareness Days Friday and Saturday in Whistler on Jan. 12, 2001.Bonny Makarewicz
/ Special to The Vancouver Sun

Liberal MP Justin Trudeau speaks to voters in Surrey on April 19 2011. Trudeau was in Vancouver to help support the local Liberal candidates.Ian Austin
/ The Vancouver Sun

Liberal MP Justin Trudeau talks to commuters, April 19, 2011 on the Canada Line as he travels to downtown Vancouver from the airport.Ward Perrin
/ Vancouver Sun

Liberal MP Justin Trudeau (R) tries to get Sara Byblow's vote (L), April 19, 2011, on the Canada Line as they travel to downtown Vancouver. Trudeau was in Vancouver to help support the local Liberal candidates.Ian Austin
/ Vancouver Sun

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